Hilarie Burton

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Hilarie Burton

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Hilarie Burton attended New York University and Fordham University before pursuing a television career. Her big break came in 2000, when she was given a slot on the hosting roster of MTV's Total Request Live. She made her acting debut on an episode of Dawson's Creek, which led to her best-known role to date, as Peyton Sawyer on the WB's One Tree Hill.

The popularity of OTH led to Burton getting several Teen Choice Awards nominations. It also led to a relatively successful film career: she appeared in features such as Our Very Own, Solstice and The Secret Life of Bees. In 2009, she left OTH alongside Chad Michael Murray; she then took a recurring role in the action series White Collar.

Burton was married to OTH assistant director Ian Prange; they have since split. She began dating actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan in 2009; the two welcomed a child the following year.